I think we are done. You ought to reflect on why so few people will engage with you.
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Donald Trump
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"They don't care if it's Biden or Harris fault. They've tried and haven't fixed it. Let someone else try. It's not rocket science."All you have to do is provide some evidence for your statements but you never do. What do you expect?
You said the Biden administration tried to curb inflation but you can’t or won’t name a single action that they took. And you think I’m the cynic!
What do you understand that quote to mean? This is what I mean when I say you spend so much energy looking for a gotcha rather than understanding.
I understand far more about inflation than you pretend to. That’s what I take that to mean."They don't care if it's Biden or Harris fault. They've tried and haven't fixed it. Let someone else try. It's not rocket science."
What do you understand that quote to mean? This is what I mean when I say you spend so much energy looking for a gotcha rather than understanding.
Because they disagree with me politically. And it's become a game on the other side to try to ostracize those they disagree with.I think we are done. You ought to reflect on why so few people will engage with you.
No. I disagree with your politics but so what? I engaged but you didn’t really.Because they disagree with me politically. And it's become a game on the other side to try to ostracize those they disagree with.
It's quite possible you understand inflation more. But it's also clear you don't understand what I said. Or worse, you understood but couldn't resist the attempt to look for a gotcha.I understand far more about inflation than you pretend to. That’s what I take that to mean.
I hardly think asking for evidence to back up your claim is a gotcha attempt. It’s quite normal as well you know. But…you dick around instead of making your case. Another poster intervened yesterday and said something like ‘he won’t give you any evidence because he can’t.’ Was he correct?It's quite possible you understand inflation more. But it's also clear you don't understand what I said. Or worse, you understood but couldn't resist the attempt to look for a gotcha.
PS The daft thing is I am quite willing to examine your evidence dispassionately.
You seemingly are not engaging in good faith. That's the best way I can express our exchanges.No. I disagree with your politics but so what? I engaged but you didn’t really.
I respond to someone about the general feelings of the people who voted for Trump. Paraphrasing here 'The way they see it, they don't care if it Biden's fault or not. Their view is that he has tried and hasn't fixed it, so they want someone else to try."
Now in what world is the following response even related? Again paraphrasing 'here we go again dummy, it's the fed who deal with inflation not the President. Also dummy, something else I should tell you that you probably don't know, ' the feds are run by the house of reps not the President". Gotcha!
That's how your responses come across. That said, you are not even right. Sure, the fed helps manage inflation with interest rate and the like, but the President can also influence it in many ways, including putting pressure on Congress, curbing spending, increasing energy, reducing tariffs, reducing taxes etc...
So your point on its face is only somewhat right. Not because the fed doesn't play a role in dealing with inflation but because they are not the only ones who can or do. So your whole response came across as an attempt to score cheap point that's not even a point. But worse still, has nothing to do with the point I was making.
Evidence for what claim?I hardly think asking for evidence to back up your claim is a gotcha attempt. It’s quite normal as well you know. But…you dick around instead of making your case. Another poster intervened yesterday and said something like ‘he won’t give you any evidence because he can’t.’ Was he correct?
PS The daft thing is I am quite willing to examine your evidence dispassionately.
That the Biden administration tried to beat inflation but failed. My simple question was ‘how did they do this, what actions did they try?’Evidence for what claim?
I remember a whole raft of actions to pick the economy off the floor post covid but I am at a loss to identify anti inflation tactics they used. The stimulus cost about 3trillion dollars, hardly anti inflationary. In the event inflation came down: 1 By the fed keeping rates high. 2. The stimulus raised growth to the highest level in G7 which eventually will often bear down on inflation, but not always.
Actually, it occurs to me that Biden raising energy production to record levels may be argued as anti inflationary as it bore down on fuel costs….There you go, one for your list, but not a failure so doesn’t qualify!
Trump says he will raise energy production even higher, but America does not currently have the capacity to do this without raising fixed costs and also opening up new markets. Draw your own conclusions as to its potential effect on inflation.
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